SDP Puts Aside Candidate’s Loss, Congratulates President-Elect, Bola Tinubu

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has put aside its presidential candidate’s loss in the February 25th election and congratulated the former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, for emerging as the poll’s winner.

Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.

Hours after INEC’s declaration, SDP on Thursday says notwithstanding the apparent challenges associated with the election and the concerns by aggrieved stakeholders, the party stood by the outcome of the electoral process.

He also lauded the party’s presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, for his impressive outing in the election.

SDP, however, called on President-elect, Tinubu, to unite the country through a government of national unity and fast-track a process of national reconciliation.

Speaking during a press conference on Thursday at the party’s headquarters in Abuja, the National Chairman of the SDP, Shehu Gabam, on behalf of the party, congratulated Tinubu for his emergence as Nigeria’s next president in the keenly contested polls.

He said, “We call on the President-elect to take deliberate practical steps in uniting the country, to bring the country together through a government of national unity; to fix our obvious national cracks, address the failings, heal the land and fast-track the process of national reconciliation.

“The SDP heartily congratulates all Nigerians for the peaceful and successful presidential and national assembly elections that took place on Saturday, February 25, 2023, and Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress Candidate for winning the keenly contested presidential election.”

While commending INEC national chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, for pulling through in the face of all odds, Gabam also saluted the good show of the runners-up and all the presidential candidates in the election for putting themselves forward to serve the country, and for making the contest to be very competitive.